Thank you, Mr. Chairman. One of the things that I have been telling the people back home and I'm going to be consistent about, is that it would be unrealistic to come to government and try to get more. We cannot get more programs, more services, but we can hang on to what we have. Unfortunately this tax is one of the ways we do it, and I would like to look in the long term as well. I do want to achieve a balanced budget and this is one of the ways we're going to have to do it.
This afternoon I had the pleasure of being at a presentation where one of our organizations that we support was in a severe deficit position, but they rolled up their sleeves and they did lots of hard work just to climb out of it, and that's where we are today. That's what I would like to concentrate on, is here we are today and what can we do to better ourselves for our people and the future? This is one of the ways of doing it right now. So I'm supportive of this increase in Bill 3. This is one of the best ways I think today we can achieve those results of a balanced budget, which I am striving for as well. Thank you.